Mr. Lincolns Army

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Volume I of The Army Of The Potomac trilogy, this is Bruce Catton s superb evocation of the early years of the Civil War when the army was under the command of the dashing General George B McClellan. New Download Mr. Lincolns Army [ author ] Bruce Catton [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Cyril Connolly noted the depressive effect of numerous and exhaustive biographies of hard luck poets reading yet another life of Baudelaire we know, with each move into a cheap hotel, exactly how many cheap hotels lie ahead of him Mr Lincoln s Army makes me feel that way Catton s masterly narration envelopes you the skirmish lines went down the slope, each man in the line separated from his fellows by half a dozen paces, holding his musket as if he were a quail hunter with a shotgun, moving Cyril Connolly noted the depressive effect of numerous and exhaustive biographies of hard luck poets reading yet another life of Baudelaire we know, with each move into a cheap hotel, exactly how many cheap hotels lie ahead of him Mr Lincoln s Army makes me feel that way Catton s masterly narration envelopes you the skirmish lines went down the slope, each man in the line separated from his fellows by half a dozen paces, holding his musket as if he were a quail hunter with a shotgun, moving ahead step by step, dropping to one knee to shoot when he found a target, pausing to reload, and then moving on again, feeling the army s way into the danger zone while never allowing you to forget that Malvern Hill and Second Bull Run and Antietam perfect apocalypses while you re reading are but the first clashes of a very long war There is stilldying This battle will decide nothing that general will blunder these men will die in vain Mr Lincoln s Army end...This is the first of about thirteen books which Bruce Catton wrote about the Civil War, during the 1950 s and 1960 s Don t let their original publishing dates bias your opinion of the worth of Catton s books Surely, muchscholarship has been conducted on the subject since then, and a tsunami of Civil War books continues to be published each year However, no one has ever written witheconomy of prose or clearness of thought on the subject than Catton His writing is that good Mr L This is the first of about thirteen books which Bruce Catton wrote about the Civil War, during the 1950 s and 1960 s Don t let their original publishing dates bias your opinion of the worth of Catton s books Surely, muchscholarship has been conducted on the subject s...I am, admittedly, a Civil War nerd But I also have little patience for the lists of regiments and commanders with confusing battle maps that I can never understand Thank you Bruce Catton for educating me without frustrating meMost of the interesting Civil War books that I have read most of them reasonably accurate historical fiction have been focussedon the Southern generals Much of this is because the Southern Cause was just generallyromantic withpersonality from the I am, admittedly, a Civil War nerd But I also have little patience for the lists of regiments and commanders with confusing battle maps that I can never understand Thank you Bruce Catton for educating me without frustrating meMost of the interesting Civil War books that I have read most of them reasonably accurate historical fiction have been focussedon the Southern generals Much of this is because the Southern Cause was just generallyromantic withpersonality from their gentlemen generals, and living in Virginia tends to put a definitively Lee Jackson focus on history Considering my previous knowledge, reading a book about the Army of the ...Many years ago my mother belonged to a monthly book club of some kind Among the other cheap, pulp paper editions she got were a complete Sherlock Holmes and Bruce Catton s Army of the Potomac , consisting ofMr Lincoln s Army, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox. I think she got them because she thought they would interest me These books have almost obsessed me ever since.As its name suggests, this trilogy follows the fortunes and mostly misfortunes of the Union s Army of the Potomac Many years ago my mother belonged to a monthly book club...The first book in Bruce Catton s civil war trilogy which I picked up from a recommendation in Goodreads This is the story of General McClellan s time at the head of the Army of the Potomac It takes him through his troubles with General Pope and political strife with Washington, the campaign in the South Carolina penninsular and back northward ending at the Battle of Antietam I found this a book written in a moving and readable style The bitter slaugther at Antietam had me close to tears The The first book in Bruce Catton s civil war trilogy...If you think that history has to be dry or boring, then you only need to read Bruce Catton s Army of the Potomoc Trilogy to see how it should be done Catton s characters come to life as well as any fictional novel, even though he s writing about real people and the things they a...One of the all time great Civil War historians, and the first book of a trilogy that was his best work Anyone who is interested in the Civil War should read this trilogyWell written account of the early years of the Army of the Potomac, focusing in particular on McClellan and his peculiar character defects, and ending with a meticulously described account of Antietam Offers a detailed account not only of t...As with all my Bruce Catton reviews I start by saying that his books were some of the first I ever read very long ago but have stayed with me At that this was a better than good read and like some of Mr Catton s other works aged well with not too many re...An excellent history of the Army of the Potomac up to the conclusion of the Battle of Antietam Filled with human interest anecdotes about the men of Mr Lincoln s Army from buck private to major general.

Mr. Lincolns Army
  • English
  • 19 December 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 372 pages
  • Bruce Catton
  • Mr. Lincolns Army